- Literature, Fathers and sons, Gifted persons, Fiction
A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
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- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 364
- Publisher
- Ėksmo, Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Russian, German, English, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9780141025186
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